Violation Tracker Individual Record

The largest U.S. distributor of endoscopes and related equipment agreed to pay $623.2 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to pay kickbacks to doctors and hospitals. A subsidiary of the distributor agreed to pay $22.8 million to resolve criminal charges relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in Latin America.

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Parent company note:

Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.

Note: our penalty amounts include not only fines and monetary settlements but also costs such as supplementary environmental projects or consumer relief that companies are often compelled to undertake as part of settlements. If the settlement includes fines paid to state governments, those are included as well.